Welcome to the Fiction Mix bookbox. My aim was to include a variety of fiction genres to appeal to all kinds of bookcrossers. I hope you find something you like.

Participants are:

wubbaducky
foxy737
caffcaff
smallbluepebble
redhouse
aveburysurfer
dodau
mrspopoff
angellica
wilksie
sterile
molekilby
treena110
arturogrande

1. Please journal when you get the box and again when you send it on.
2. No Mills and Boon or similar romances please.
3. Take out as many books as you want and replace with the same amount unless you can't fit that many in.
4. PM the next person on the list for their address and send on within a couple of weeks if possible please.
5. Have fun.

Books going in are:

Secret Smile - Nicci French
Singling Out the Couples - Stella Duffy
Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
Tom's Midnight Garden - Philippa Pearce
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult
Poseidon's Gold - Lindsey Davis
Brother of the More Famous Jack - Barbara Trapido
Love Forty - Sue Limb
Dime Store Magic - Kelley Armstrong
The Jane Austen Book Club - Karen Joy Fowler
Skallagrigg - William Horwood
The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
Sharpe's Rifles - Bernard Cornwell
Getting Rid of Bradley - Jennifer Crusie

Posted to wubbaducky today.

Arrived safe and sound already. Foxy737 has already pre-empted me and pmed me with their address so as soon as I figure out what I want to take out and replace with, the box will be underway again. I've already snaffled a chocolate chick and a rabbit though - so much for my visit to the gym today! :) Thanks Raeliz64!

Right, the books I'm snaffling from the box are:
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Brother of the more famous Jack by Barbara Trapido
Singling out the Couples by Stella Duffy
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

I will be replacing these with:
Bridget Jones' Diary by Helen Fielding
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner
Small Gods by Terry Pratchett

And I've also added some mini chocolate eggs to the sweetie pile

Sent the box out today (18th April). Thanks for arranging this box - it's been fun!

arrived safely in post this morning
great selection in this box; all i need now is lots of books to replace them with!!!
will journal later once i have decided in's and out's
thanks for organising raeliz64 will move on to caffcaff in near future over coffee meet up.

right decided to take out quite a few. since one of the ones i want to put back in is a large hardback book i have changed the box (needed to be deeper shape box) and added a few extras.
okay i have taken out:
tom's midnight garden by philippa pearce
skallagrigg by william horwood
getting rid of bradley by jennifer cruise
love forty by sue limb
dime magic store by kelley armstrong
pride and prejudice by jane austen

i make that six books out, so going into new box (due to size of hardback book)

the black ice by michael connely (very large hardback)
the thought gang by tibor fischer
the anatomist by federico andahazi
the power of two (t witches series book 1) by gilmour and reisfeld
ringing for you by Anouchka Grose Forrester
Politically Correct Bedtime Stories by james finn garner
forbidden doors series the deceived by bill myers
girl meets ape by chris manby
something stupid by victoria corby
a time to kill by john grisham
a is for alibi by sue grafton
a funny thing happened on the way to the delivery room by various authors
how to train a man by nancy winters
many lives many masters by dr brian weiss
one bear at bedtime by mick inkpen
is it time for bed wibbly pig by mick inkpen
pied piper by nevil shute
girls night in by various authors
the burglar diaries by danny king
case histories by kate atkinson
treasure island by robert louis stevenson
rory mccrory's nightmare machine by paul stewart
the xanadu manuscript by john rowe townsend
ender's game by orson scott card
jane eyre by charlotte bronte

this may seem like loads but apart from the large hardback book a lot of the others are small thin books particularly the childrens and teen books which will mean future bookcrossers on the bookbox list may only be able to replace two books with one book due to space in box.

will re journal once i have heard back from caffcaff on when we are meeting up for coffee and this bookbox is continuing on it's journey.

i would just like to mention it may seem like i am adding to the postage on this box but the shape of box has changed as opposed to the weight (one of the books i took out was replaced by three new ones as thickness of new books much thinner) and postage weight has been checked due to added books and has increased less than two pounds.

i have left a gap down the side for chocs that are travelling with this bookbox and topping up what i've eaten while sorting through books.i have also added three computer cd's to do with childrens education which i gained from cereal boxes these may be of more use to someone with children later on the list.

thanks for organising this raeliz64.

RELEASE NOTES:

finally found time me and caffcaff can meet for coffee so this can move on this morning, sorry for the delay.

Met up with Foxy737 this morning for coffee, well Latte's actually ;o)

WOW! Loads of books!!!!!! Like i need more ha ha ha...

Ok, i will have a rummage and take out some stuff. I'm gunna take out ones that you put in raeliz64, so that you dont end up with books coming back to you that you wanted to move on....#

Will journal again later when i know exactly whats coming out and going in.....Whilst munching choccies of course ;o)

Ok, im taking out....

Politically Correct Bedtime Stories
How To Train A Man (shhhhh....dont tell BigBoss!)
Poseidons Gold
Sharpes Riffles
The Jane Austen Book Club
The Lovely Bones
Enders Game

Going in will be.....
The Secret Dreamworld Of A Shopoholic by Sophie Kinsella
Medea by Euripides
Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw & a Teach Yourself Guide
One True Thing by Anna Quindlen
The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston by Siegfried Sassoon
The Last Time They Met by Anita Shreve
Blood Hunt by Ian Rankin

I cant physically fit any more in the box lol.... I've left some of the choccy's and added some smelly pencils if anyone wants those :o)

Will PM smallbluepebble and get this passed on as soon as i have an addy....

Thanks everyone, nice selection :o)

RELEASE NOTES:

This one is going off to smallbluepebble today :o)

Wow! Now I know what a book box is! I suppose the name should've given me a clue... I just didn't imagine quite such a big box, nor quite so many books. And chocolate too... it really couldn't get much better :-) I'm going to spend a while checking out all these new authors I haven't met before and I'll journal again when I've decided who to take out & who to put in.

It's been a lot of fun, digging through all these lovely books and deciding which ones to choose. In the end, these are the ones I took out:

Many Lives, Many Masters
A is For Alibi
The Burglar Diaries
The Thought Gang
Girls Night In
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Delivery Room

And these are the ones I put in:

The Bitch Goddess Notebook by Martha O'Connor
The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
Jonathan Livingstone Seagull by Richard Bach
Bonjour Tristesse by Francoise Sagan
The Prince of West End Avenue by Alan Isler

When I journalled the books I'd taken out, I realised they had all been put in by Foxy737. How did she know I'd want to read all these books ? Spooky.
Now I'm trying to sort out with Redhouse an opportunity to pass on the box, perhaps at the Suffolk Show next Wednesday. The books will definitely be on the move within the next week.
Thanks for the great bookbox raeliz64 :-)

I handed this one over to Redhouse in a chilly Suffolk field, surrounded by assorted forklift trucks. Could it get more surreal ?! It was lovely meeting a fellow bookcrosser, and a shame I couldn't have stayed to chat a little longer (but we were fr-r-r-r-eezing.)

I hope someone enjoys the books I added.

PS... I read A is For Alibi quickly and put it back in the bookbox before handing it over.

Received from smallbluepebble as per previous journal entry. MrRedhouse is back at the Suffolk Show with his fork lift trucks today but I'm at home in the dry, it was very chilly!

This is a very weird box, a bit like the tardis in reverse, the more you take out the less room there is inside!

I've taken out three and I'll have a sort out and try to find three that will fit in and journal again later beffor I go to work.

Choice made, that didn't take long.

Coming Out:
Bonjour Tristesse by Francoise Sagan
The Prince Of West End Avenue by Alan Isler
The Bitch Goddess Notebook by Martha O'Connor
(all of these were put in by smallbluepebble)

Going In.
Blackberry Wine by Joanne Harris
Dressing Up For The Carnival by Carol Shields
The Lottery Winner by Mary Higgins Clark.

Am contacting aveburysurfer for address and will move it on next week.
Thanks everyone

I re-packed the box tonight ready to send on and discovered The Summer Book by Tove Jansson which I didn't notice first time around.
I've taken it out and replaced it with
Liars and Saints by Maile Meloy.
aveburysurfer, who is now known as RubyBlueLady, (thanks for the tip off smallbluepebble), has sent her address and I'll be posting it on this week.

The box has arrived today - my first ever!

Ive taken out:
The Anatomist by Frederico Andahazi
The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston by Siegfried Sasson
Blackberry Wine by Joanne Harris
The Last Time They Met by Anita Shreve

I've put back in:
After You'd Gone by Maggie O'Farrell
Days Without Number by Robert goddard
Seachange by Robert Goddard
The Face of Trespass by Ruth Rendell

Will post on to dodau as soon as I have the address

A huge box, waiting for me when I got home from shopping this afternoon. Will have a good look through it later and journal in and outs then.

Ok taken out a massive six books. They are
Liars and Saints
Blood hunt
One true thing
The Xanadu Manuscript
The face of tresspass
After you'd gone

Pming mrspopoff now and will journal whats going in when I do the release notes

RELEASE NOTES:

Wow, what can I say! I think this wins the award for the best book box ever. So many books and treats, I didn't know what to do with myself! Thanks very much for the chocolate - shared that with my other half, who is always quite nosy when it comes to me getting parcels! Have taken out a whopping 8 books (so much for me trying to scale down my bookshelf before I move house!) Taken out the following:-

Dressing Up For The Carnival - Carol Shields
9th & 13th - Jonathan Coe
Medea and other plays - Euripides
Is It Bedtime Wibbly Pig - Mick Inkpen
One Bear At Bedtime - Mick Inkpen
The Secret Dreamworld Of A Shopaholic - Sophie Kinsella
High Fidelity - Nick Hornby
Ringing For You - Anouchka Grose Forrester

I've also taken out chocolate and a pencil - thank you!

Will post again after I can see what books I can fit into the box!

This bookbox is now packed tighter than a ducks bum in a sand storm! I've managed to fit in 8 more books as follows:-

Let's Meet On Platform 9 - Carole Matthews
Amanda's Wedding - Jenny Colgan
The Boy Next Door - Josie Lloyd & Emilyn Rees
The Graduate - Charles Webb
Dirty Weekend - Helen Zahavi
Bridget Jones Diary The First Columns - Helen Fielding
The Wizard Of Oz - L. Frank Baum
Love Always - Sally Brampton

I will also put some sort of treat in as well for the next particpant - unlikely to be chocolate though in this weather! Will e:mail Angellica for her address to send next.

Arrived safely today.

Thanks all

After much wailing and gnashing of teeth, I've sorted this bookbox out.

Taking out:
Pygmalion (Teach Yourself Revision Guides) by Mary Hartley
Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
The Photograph by Penelope Lively

Putting in:
Home Aromatherapy: A Step-by-step Guide to Using Essential Oils in the Home by Julia Lawless
The Naughty Diary Of An Edwardian Lady by Ethel Hordle


I'll get this in the post to wilksie tomorrow.

sorry about holding it up for so long!

Arrived this morning, thank you Angellica.
I'm looking forward to having a good rummage through :-)

What an interesting selection of books :-)

I am taking out
MASH Goes to Vienna – Richard Hooker & William E Butterworth
The Patient – Michael Palmer
Fleshmarket Close – Ian Rankin
Hotel du Lac – Anita Brookner
Dirty Weekend – Helen Zahavi
The Graduate – Charles Webb
Home Aromatherapy – Julia Lawless
Michael Connelly – The Black Ice

And putting in
Learning To Swim – Graham Swift
Out of the Blackout – Robert Barnard
Hatchet – Gary Paulsen
The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency – Alexander McCall Smith
Gallowglass – Barbara Vine
The Coffin Dancer – Jeffery Deaver
Family Money – Nina Bawden
Iced – Jenny Siler

Posting on to Sterile tomorrow.

Received the box this morning and already I have made my selections which are:
Jenny Siler - Iced
Robert Barnard - Out of the Blackout
Graham Swift - Learning to Swim
Nina Bawden - Family Money
T Witches - The Power of Two
Terry Pratchett - Small Gods

I do beleive this is the most I have ever taken out of a box! A Very good box with a vast selection.

I am looking for a quick turnaround so will pm Molekilby immediately.

RELEASE NOTES:

The box moves on! As I said earlier, I was looking for a fast turnaround and Molekilby did not disappoint with a speedy address reply. Royal Mail parcel post 31st August 2006

Received today. Will need a couple of days to choose and replace and will aim to get it moving early next week at the latest.

recieved this am

thanks so many books

will move on late next week as its pay day!

will let you know my choices when i had chance to decide what i want.

thanks

well this was a good box and i have rumaged and decided what i would like out
and am replaceing into the space available

the labours of hercules agatha christie
a place of hiding elizabeth george
the drawing of the three stephen king
charlotte street juliet mead
land of the living nicci french
monster jonathan kellerman
mirror mirror patricia scanlan
tully paullina simons
the virgin blue tracy chevalier
seven for a secret judy astley
the christmas train david baldacci

so will get this box to thepost office this week!!


thanks

Treena x

Wow - what a great bookbox. Loads of choice and goodies too!

I'm taking out:

A Place of Hiding - Elizabeth George
The Christmas Train - David Baldacci
The Virgin Blue - Tracy Chevalier
Tully - Paullina Simons

I'll journal again when I've decided what to replace them with.

Thanks very much for this great bookbox.

OK, I'm replacing the books I've taken out with:

A Year in Provence - Peter Mayle
Second From Last in the Sack Race - David Nobbs
Puccini's Ghosts - Morag Joss
The Devil's Feather - Minette Walters

I'm just waiting to make sure the address I'be got for raeliz64 is the correct one, and then the box will be heading back home.
Thanks to everyone who made it one of the best bookboxes I've seen.

My very first bookbox has arrived back home. Thanks to everyone who took part, it looks like I've got a brilliant selection of books back!